A Salem man was sentenced to 1,095 days after a fatal hit and run accident during the early morning hours of Jan. 10, 2016 on State Road 56, near Quaker Lane.

Then 22-year-old Derek Andrew Deaton of Canton was arrested and charged with the accident that killed 70-year-old Mitchell Lovins of Scottsburg.

Lovens died of massive trauma to his body after being hit by Deaton’s 1995 Chevrolet S-10 pickup.

Deaton was sentenced to 1,095 days (or three years) in jail and was given credit for 179 days served.

Upon Completion of 242 days of his sentence, Deaton will be released to serve 547 days (410 actual) to Hoosier Hills PACT Community Corrections Day Reporting Program, along with home detention and alcohol monitoring.

Upon successful completion of Day Reporting, Deaton will report back to Washington County Jail to serve the rest of his sentence – 306 days(230 actual).

Deaton’s attorney can petition the court prior to the second phase of incarceration and request a modification, which could result in fewer days in jail.

Police arrested Deaton after receiving a tip about the accident.

Deaton pled guilty to leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, a Level 5 felony, on July 27, 2017.

According to police, Lovins was traveling west on State Road 56 near Quaker Lane when his minivan slid of the roadway. Police say it appears Lovins left his vehicle and started to walk east on State Road 56 when he was struck by Deaton’s 1995 Chevrolet pickup.

Police say Deaton and a friend, Olivia Kendall, who had both been drinking according to the probable cause affidavit, were driving to the Scottsburg Waffle House from Slimo’s Saloon when their vehicle struck Lovins.

Testimony given at the hearing indicated that Kendall had been dozing, but woke up on impact and asked what they had hit and Deaton told her he’d struck a deer.

Instead of going to the Waffle House, Deaton drove to the home he shared with his parents in Canton.

Witness testimony at the sentencing hearing indicated Kendall later began hearing news of a man found dead on State Road 56 around the time she and Deaton had been in the area.

She went out to look at Deaton’s car and noticed the damage to the windshield and driver’s side headlight, damage later called “extensive” an ISP Detective’s report.

She pieced the events together and reported the incident to the state police

Yesterday, Indiana State Police Detectives arrested a Greensburg, Indiana man on charges related to the releasing of confidential information while he was a dispatcher for Decatur County 911 and a registrar for the Decatur County Memorial Hospital.

The investigation by Detective Joe Loyd began in January of this year when the Indiana State Police was notified that Young Soo Sung, age 33, Greensburg, Indiana had released confidential information while he was a dispatcher for Decatur County.  

The investigation determined that while Sung was a dispatcher between September and December 2017, he obtained confidential information from electronic criminal investigative files utilized by the Greensburg Police Department and Decatur County Sheriff’s Department.  

Sung then allegedly shared photographs and other information obtained in those files with acquaintances. 

During the course of the investigation, it was determined that Sung also allegedly mishandled confidential information while he worked part-time as a registrar at the Decatur County Memorial Hospital.

Sung was removed from both positions as a result of the allegations.

At the conclusion of the investigation, the case was submitted to the Decatur County Prosecutor’s Office for review.  A warrant was then issued for the arrest of Young S. Sung.

Yesterday, Sung was arrested on a warrant for one count of official misconduct, level 6 felony, and two counts of offenses against intellectual property, level 6 felony.

The case is pending in the Decatur County Superior Court.

This morning at approximately 11:30 am, Clarksville Town Police attempted to stop a Ford Mustang for expired license plates when the Mustang fled north on Interstate #65. The chase continued through Austin, where two Jeffersonville men were arrested. 

The driver, Trevor Scott King, 29, from Hamburg Pike in Jeffersonville, was arrested by Scottsburg City Police on the charges of Driving While Suspended, Fleeing Law Enforcement, Criminal Recklessness and an out of county warrant. He was incarcerated at the Scott County Jail.

The passenger of the vehicle, Seth Tyler Willet, 27, from Camelot Court in Jeffersonville, was taken into custody by the Scottsburg City Police. He was transported to the Scott County Hospital for observation after he allegedly swallowed a controlled substance in an attempt to hide it from the police. Charges will be pending against him.

Troopers from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg joined the pursuit and chased the Mustang north on Interstate #65.

Troopers attempted to deploy stop sticks near the 28 Mile Marker near Scottsburg in Scott County, but the driver of the Mustang avoided the stop sticks.

The Mustang exited the Austin Exit, (Exit #34), and travelled east on State Road #256. At this point troopers called off the pursuit for safety reasons because the pursuit entered into heavy traffic and the direction of travel was towards the Austin schools.

The Mustang continued travelling on State Road #256 through Austin at a high rate of speed and when the Mustang left the city limits, the Austin City Police, the Scott County Sheriff’s Department and the Scottsburg City Police started pursuing the Mustang again.

As the Mustang exited State Road #256 at Bethlehem Road, (approximately four miles East of Austin), it pulled into a driveway near New Frankfort Road.

The occupants exited the Mustang and fled on foot where they were apprehended shortly after.

This investigation is continuing as troopers will be seeking charges in Clark County on both subjects. Troopers located alleged Marijuana beside Interstate #65 along the pursuit route that had allegedly been tossed out of the window of the vehicle as it was being pursued.    

Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas G. Carter, is promoting Senior Trooper Robbie Lambert to the rank of Sergeant to serve as the Public Information Officer (PIO) for the Jasper Post. 

Lambert is a native of Paoli and a 1999 graduate of Paoli High School.  After graduating high school, he attended Vincennes University for two years where he received an Associates Degree in Conservation Law Enforcement.  He then transferred to Indiana State University where he obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminology.

Lambert started his career with the Indiana State Police on April 9, 2006 when he graduated from the 65th Indiana State Police Recruit Academy.  He was assigned to the Toll Road Post and worked Zone 1 which is Lake County.  

In 2007 Lambert transferred to the Jasper Post and was assigned to Orange County.  During his career Lambert has served on the Tactical Intervention Platoon, Jasper Criminal Interdiction Unit, Jasper District All Crimes Policing Unit, Marijuana Eradication Coordinator and as a K-9 Operator.

Lambert’s new job responsibilities will include issuing news releases on significant events, responding to media inquiries, conducting and facilitating informational programs for the public and monitoring and maintaining the district’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Robbie resides in Orange County with his family.

The Indiana State Police is conducting an investigation following the discovery of human skeletal remains which were located yesterday afternoon in a wooded area west of C&A Tool Engineering in the city of Auburn.

The investigation which is being conducted by Detective David Poe has preliminarily indicated that between 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon, the skeletal remains of an unknown person were located by someone who was walking in the wooded area.

Due to the level of decomposition, immediate identification of the person was not possible. 

An autopsy is scheduled for this morning to not only help determine manner and cause of death, but also in an effort to help determine the person’s identity.

At this time, there is no outward indication of foul play, but information gathered from the autopsy could provide necessary leads for investigators to help make a positive determination of how, when and why that person came to be where the discovery was made.

This is on ongoing investigation and no further information is available at this time.  The Auburn Police Department, the DeKalb County Prosecutor’s Office and the DeKalb County Coroner’s Office are assisting Poe with this investigation

Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter has promoted Sgt. Tom Weber to the rank of First Sergeant to serve as the Assistant District Commander at Evansville.

Weber is a native of Rockport and a 1989 graduate of South Spencer High School. He later attended Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice.

Weber graduated the Indiana State Police Recruit School in December 1993 and was assigned to the Evansville District. He primarily patrolled Pike County until he transferred to Warrick County in 1995. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant in 2003 and served in that capacity until being promoted to assistant district commander.

First Sergeant Weber and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Newburgh with their three sons.